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Northwest Africa 2878
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2878
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2878
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2002
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass:help 120 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 89  (2005)  L4
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  L4
Recommended:  L4    [explanation]

This is 1 of 2104 approved meteorites (plus 5 unapproved names) classified as L4.   [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB89
  Table 7
  Line 384:
Date:2002
Mass (g):120
Pieces:1
Class:L4
Shock stage:S4
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):23.8±2.1
Ferrosilite (mol%):21.3±0.4
Classifier:M. Bourot-Denise, MNHNP
Type spec mass (g):21.5
Main mass:G. Merlier
Comments:melted pocket, 1.2cm in size; native copper areas
Institutions
   and collections		 MNHNP: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, IMPMC-CP52, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France, France; Website (institutional address)
Catalogs:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 89, MAPS 40, A201-A263 (2005)
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Geography: 
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 9914 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1841 unapproved names)

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